Delbert C. Gee is a retired

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of the

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(

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) in the County of Alameda and served from his appointment in 2002 by the

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of the

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until his retirement in 2022. Judge Gee presided over a

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direct calendar and

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, and a

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and

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calendar and trial court, as well as a

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, and guardianship court, a

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and

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court, and a juvenile dependency and

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court, in the court's Hayward,

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, and

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courthouses. He was the last judge to preside over criminal cases in the Alameda courthouse, and he presided over two civil

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conducted entirely by

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during the

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. He has also been a supervising judge of the Alameda courthouse and the court's probate departments, and was a member of the court’s executive committee. He was the seventh Asian Pacific Islander American Superior Court judge in Alameda County's history. In 2002, Judge Gee was honored by the

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of the Greater

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, and was presented in 2010 with the Judicial Distinguished Service Award by the Alameda County Bar Association and a resolution in his honor by the

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. Judge Gee began his

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career as a Deputy

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and then spent the next 20 years in

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as an associate with Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber and with Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, and later as a

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with Sturgeon, Keller, Phillips, Gee & O'Leary PC and with the Pacific West Law Group

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, specializing in

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and liability

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coverage litigation,

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litigation, and health care law. He graduated from the

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in 1977 and from

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in December 1979 where he was an associate editor of the Santa Clara

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. Judge Gee was born and raised in Alameda County by

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parents who never had an opportunity to attend

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, and has been active for decades in numerous

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and

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organizations in the Bay Area.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gee, Delbert Living people People from Alameda County, California California state court judges University of California, Davis alumni Santa Clara University alumni People from Livermore, California Year of birth missing (living people)

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